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Lesson 6 of 10

Cafe and restaurant in Serbian

A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Serbian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Captain Miša’s Mansion in Belgrade
Cafe and restaurant
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Serbian phrases in this lesson

Sto za dvojesto za DVO-ye
A table for two

Change "dvoje" to "troje" for three or "četvoro" for four people.

Meni, molimME-nee, MO-leem
The menu, please

Menus in Belgrade restaurants are often available in English as well.

Šta preporučujete?SHTA pre-po-ROO-choo-ye-te
What do you recommend?
Ne jedem...ne YE-dem
I don't eat...
Alergičan sam na...a-LER-gee-chan sam na
I'm allergic to...

A woman says "alergična".

MesoME-so
Meat

Grilled meat, roštilj, is the national cuisine.

PiletinaPEE-le-tee-na
Chicken
RibaREE-ba
Fish
Ukusno jeoo-KOOS-no ye
It's delicious

A great compliment to give after a meal. Cooks and hosts will be very pleased to hear it.

Živeli!ZHEE-ve-lee
Cheers

The classic Serbian toast. Make eye contact with everyone at the table when you raise your glass.

Where Serbian is spoken

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